Danijela Popović
@popovicdani.bsky.social
Ancient DNA researcher at Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Poland
#aDNA, #paleogenomics, #domestication, #conservation, #BaBBe
#aDNA, #paleogenomics, #domestication, #conservation, #BaBBe
Reposted by Danijela Popović
🦙🧬Pleased to present our new paper out in @natcomms.nature.com 🧬🦙
Palaeogenomics of early camelid use in the Atacama Desert (Chile).
We used ancient DNA to revisit animals being hunted/herded >3,000 years ago.
Manuscript here: rdcu.be/eVwwl
#aDNA #popgen
Thread below🧵
Reposts appreciated :)
Palaeogenomics of early camelid use in the Atacama Desert (Chile).
We used ancient DNA to revisit animals being hunted/herded >3,000 years ago.
Manuscript here: rdcu.be/eVwwl
#aDNA #popgen
Thread below🧵
Reposts appreciated :)
December 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
🦙🧬Pleased to present our new paper out in @natcomms.nature.com 🧬🦙
Palaeogenomics of early camelid use in the Atacama Desert (Chile).
We used ancient DNA to revisit animals being hunted/herded >3,000 years ago.
Manuscript here: rdcu.be/eVwwl
#aDNA #popgen
Thread below🧵
Reposts appreciated :)
Palaeogenomics of early camelid use in the Atacama Desert (Chile).
We used ancient DNA to revisit animals being hunted/herded >3,000 years ago.
Manuscript here: rdcu.be/eVwwl
#aDNA #popgen
Thread below🧵
Reposts appreciated :)
Reposted by Danijela Popović
The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, a new Science study. finds. The results offer new insight into one of humanity’s most enigmatic animal companions and identify North Africa as the cradle of the modern housecat.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/44kov1S
Learn more: https://scim.ag/44kov1S
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, a new Science study. finds. The results offer new insight into one of humanity’s most enigmatic animal companions and identify North Africa as the cradle of the modern housecat.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/44kov1S
Learn more: https://scim.ag/44kov1S
Reposted by Danijela Popović
New PhD position with @martynamolak.bsky.social to research population genomics of an Iron Age Goth community from eastern Poland.
You get a super supportive PI and fun lab to work with! Details linked.
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
You get a super supportive PI and fun lab to work with! Details linked.
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
www.uw.edu.pl
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
New PhD position with @martynamolak.bsky.social to research population genomics of an Iron Age Goth community from eastern Poland.
You get a super supportive PI and fun lab to work with! Details linked.
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
You get a super supportive PI and fun lab to work with! Details linked.
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
Happy to share that our interdisciplinary research, exploring the participation of African big cats in provincial Roman amphitheatres, is now online! @lpcg.bsky.social link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
The first biomolecular evidence of leopards (Panthera pardus, Linnaeus, 1758) from the Roman era reveals the participation of African big cats in provincial amphitheatres
link.springer.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Happy to share that our interdisciplinary research, exploring the participation of African big cats in provincial Roman amphitheatres, is now online! @lpcg.bsky.social link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
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Deadline for this PhD position is coming on Friday. Please apply and/or share
🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark.
Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025
For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD
Reposts appreciated 😁
Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025
For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD
Reposts appreciated 😁
October 19, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Deadline for this PhD position is coming on Friday. Please apply and/or share
Brown bears participated in Roman spectacles, read more in our latest paper! @lpcg.bsky.social #BaBBe
At the Roman legionary fortress and provincial capital of Viminacium, modern Serbia, was an amphitheatre #RomanFortThursday
Analysis of a bear cranium found there provides the first direct evidence for the participation of brown bears in Roman spectacles.
(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Analysis of a bear cranium found there provides the first direct evidence for the participation of brown bears in Roman spectacles.
(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
October 10, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Brown bears participated in Roman spectacles, read more in our latest paper! @lpcg.bsky.social #BaBBe
Reposted by Danijela Popović
"According to a study published in @antiquity.ac.uk, the skull belonged to a six-year old brown bear from the Balkans, who chewed on the bars of its cage between fights against gladiators."
#AncientBluesky
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
#AncientBluesky
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
The Skull of an Ancient Brown Bear Tells a Story of Brutality and Abuse at the Hands of Roman Entertainers
The bear was caught in the Balkans and caged for years to perform in an amphitheater
www.smithsonianmag.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"According to a study published in @antiquity.ac.uk, the skull belonged to a six-year old brown bear from the Balkans, who chewed on the bars of its cage between fights against gladiators."
#AncientBluesky
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
#AncientBluesky
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
#SMBE2025 in Beijing and @lpcg.bsky.social is here to present our work on small and big mammals! Come to poster sessions 1 and 3 to learn more. #BaBE
July 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
#SMBE2025 in Beijing and @lpcg.bsky.social is here to present our work on small and big mammals! Come to poster sessions 1 and 3 to learn more. #BaBE
Reposted by Danijela Popović
New paper 🧵
A team co-led by #cpgsthlm 's researcher @jcchacond.bsky.social has analysed DNA from a large number of mammoths across a million-year timescale 🦣🧬
The findings include the discovery and analysis of the oldest known woolly #mammoth in North America!
👉 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
A team co-led by #cpgsthlm 's researcher @jcchacond.bsky.social has analysed DNA from a large number of mammoths across a million-year timescale 🦣🧬
The findings include the discovery and analysis of the oldest known woolly #mammoth in North America!
👉 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
April 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
New paper 🧵
A team co-led by #cpgsthlm 's researcher @jcchacond.bsky.social has analysed DNA from a large number of mammoths across a million-year timescale 🦣🧬
The findings include the discovery and analysis of the oldest known woolly #mammoth in North America!
👉 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
A team co-led by #cpgsthlm 's researcher @jcchacond.bsky.social has analysed DNA from a large number of mammoths across a million-year timescale 🦣🧬
The findings include the discovery and analysis of the oldest known woolly #mammoth in North America!
👉 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Reposted by Danijela Popović
Did llamas make it to southeast South America before Europeans? 🦙
Our manuscript used #archaeology, isotopes, and palaeogenomics #aDNA to find out 🦙🦴🧬
In summary, nope. Just guanacos hanging on into early historical times.
Read it here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1kvQy,rVDB...
Reposts appreciated 😁
Our manuscript used #archaeology, isotopes, and palaeogenomics #aDNA to find out 🦙🦴🧬
In summary, nope. Just guanacos hanging on into early historical times.
Read it here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1kvQy,rVDB...
Reposts appreciated 😁
April 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Did llamas make it to southeast South America before Europeans? 🦙
Our manuscript used #archaeology, isotopes, and palaeogenomics #aDNA to find out 🦙🦴🧬
In summary, nope. Just guanacos hanging on into early historical times.
Read it here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1kvQy,rVDB...
Reposts appreciated 😁
Our manuscript used #archaeology, isotopes, and palaeogenomics #aDNA to find out 🦙🦴🧬
In summary, nope. Just guanacos hanging on into early historical times.
Read it here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1kvQy,rVDB...
Reposts appreciated 😁
Reposted by Danijela Popović
We are seeking a PhD student to join our team on an exciting new project focused on the study of brown bears in the Balkans. If you’re interested in ancient DNA and wildlife conservation, come to work with us! @lpcg.bsky.social #NCN #OPUS27 #ancientDNA
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
www.uw.edu.pl
February 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We are seeking a PhD student to join our team on an exciting new project focused on the study of brown bears in the Balkans. If you’re interested in ancient DNA and wildlife conservation, come to work with us! @lpcg.bsky.social #NCN #OPUS27 #ancientDNA
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
We are seeking a PhD student to join our team on an exciting new project focused on the study of brown bears in the Balkans. If you’re interested in ancient DNA and wildlife conservation, come to work with us! @lpcg.bsky.social #NCN #OPUS27 #ancientDNA
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
www.uw.edu.pl
February 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We are seeking a PhD student to join our team on an exciting new project focused on the study of brown bears in the Balkans. If you’re interested in ancient DNA and wildlife conservation, come to work with us! @lpcg.bsky.social #NCN #OPUS27 #ancientDNA
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
Reposted by Danijela Popović
This is going to be good!
Free conference from @aarc-community.bsky.social
AaRConference 2025
30 May 2025 Online
Laurent Frantz (LMU) and Evon Hekkala (Fordham University) are headlining.
Abstracts opening soon
www.animal-adna.org/events/2025/...
Free conference from @aarc-community.bsky.social
AaRConference 2025
30 May 2025 Online
Laurent Frantz (LMU) and Evon Hekkala (Fordham University) are headlining.
Abstracts opening soon
www.animal-adna.org/events/2025/...
AaRConference 2025 · AaRC
www.animal-adna.org
February 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This is going to be good!
Free conference from @aarc-community.bsky.social
AaRConference 2025
30 May 2025 Online
Laurent Frantz (LMU) and Evon Hekkala (Fordham University) are headlining.
Abstracts opening soon
www.animal-adna.org/events/2025/...
Free conference from @aarc-community.bsky.social
AaRConference 2025
30 May 2025 Online
Laurent Frantz (LMU) and Evon Hekkala (Fordham University) are headlining.
Abstracts opening soon
www.animal-adna.org/events/2025/...